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Today

28° 26°

Thunder showers.

Sunrise: 06:04

Sunset: 18:21

VH
Mon Monday

28° 25°

Thunder changing to heavy showers in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 06:04

Sunset: 18:21

H
Tue Tuesday

28° 26°

Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 06:04

Sunset: 18:20

VH
Wed Wednesday

28° 26°

Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by late morning.

Sunrise: 06:04

Sunset: 18:20

H
Thu Thursday

28° 26°

Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by lunchtime.

Sunrise: 06:04

Sunset: 18:20

M
Fri Friday

28° 26°

Thunder showers changing to heavy showers in the afternoon.

Sunrise: 06:03

Sunset: 18:19

H
Sat Saturday

Beginning thunder.

Sunrise: 06:03

Sunset: 18:19

H

                        Thunder showers.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:04
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:21
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Thunder changing to heavy showers in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:04
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:21
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

                        Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:04
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:20
                                    
                                                VH
                                            
                                                UV

                        Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by late morning.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:04
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:20
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

                        Thunder showers changing to heavy showers by lunchtime.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:04
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:20
                                    
                                                M
                                            
                                                UV

                        Thunder showers changing to heavy showers in the afternoon.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:03
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:19
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

                        Beginning thunder.
                    
Sunrise:
                                            06:03
                                    
Sunset:
                                            18:19
                                    
                                                H
                                            
                                                UV

Today (25 August 2019)

Now	03:30	04:30	05:30	06:30	07:30	08:30	09:30	10:30	11:30	12:30	13:30	14:30	15:30	16:30	17:30	18:30	19:30	20:30	21:30	22:30	23:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	50%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
26°	26°	26°	26°	26°	27°	27°	27°	27°	28°	27°	27°	27°	27°	27°	27°	27°	26°	26°	26°	26°	26°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10
Wind gust (mph)
17	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
93%	93%	93%	93%	91%	89%	87%	87%	86%	85%	85%	86%	86%	87%	88%	89%	91%	92%	93%	93%	93%	94%
UV
-	-	-	-	1	2	3	5	8	9	8	6	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (26 August 2019)

00:30	01:30	02:30	03:30	04:30	05:30	08:30	11:30	14:30	17:30	20:30	23:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
26°	26°	26°	26°	26°	26°	27°	28°	28°	27°	26°	26°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°	28°	28°	28°	27°	27°	28°	29°	28°	29°	28°	28°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 11	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 11	SSW 9	SSW 8
Wind gust (mph)
16	16	16	16	16	17	18	21	22	17	14	13
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
94%	94%	94%	94%	94%	94%	89%	84%	83%	88%	93%	94%
UV
-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	4	1	-	-

Tuesday (27 August 2019)

02:30	05:30	08:30	11:30	14:30	17:30	20:30	23:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	40%	60%
Temperature (°C)
26°	25°	27°	28°	28°	27°	26°	26°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°	28°	29°	29°	29°	29°	28°	28°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 10	SW 12	SW 12	SW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9
Wind gust (mph)
13	14	17	21	20	16	14	14
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
95%	95%	89%	83%	84%	88%	94%	95%
UV
-	-	4	8	5	1	-	-

Wednesday (28 August 2019)

02:30	05:30	08:30	11:30	14:30	17:30	20:30	23:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
26°	26°	27°	27°	27°	27°	26°	26°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°	28°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SSW 9	SSW 8	SSW 9	SW 11	SW 11	SW 9	SW 8	SW 8
Wind gust (mph)
14	14	15	18	18	15	13	13
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
95%	96%	90%	87%	87%	90%	95%	96%
UV
-	-	4	6	4	1	-	-

Thursday (29 August 2019)

02:30	05:30	08:30	11:30	14:30	17:30	20:30	23:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
60%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%
Temperature (°C)
26°	26°	27°	27°	27°	27°	27°	26°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°	28°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°	29°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 10	SW 9	SW 10
Wind gust (mph)
14	13	15	18	17	15	14	15
Visibility
G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
96%	96%	92%	87%	90%	92%	95%	96%
UV
-	-	2	4	3	1	-	-

Friday (30 August 2019)

02:30	05:30	08:30	11:30	14:30	17:30	20:30	23:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
70%	60%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%
Temperature (°C)
26°	26°	27°	27°	27°	27°	27°	27°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°	28°	29°	29°	28°	29°	29°	29°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 10	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 10	WSW 10
Wind gust (mph)
16	15	16	20	20	17	16	15
Visibility
M	M	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity
96%	96%	92%	88%	87%	91%	94%	95%
UV
-	-	4	7	3	1	-	-

Saturday (31 August 2019)

02:30
Weather

Chance of precipitation
70%
Temperature (°C)
26°
Feels like temperature (°C)
28°
Wind direction and speed (mph)
WSW 10
Wind gust (mph)
16
Visibility
G
Humidity
95%
UV
-

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